Author: Kaylee Bowers

Para Esmeralda Martínez, maestra de español y liderazgo en Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, abrir el camino para el éxito de las estudiantes y contribuir al legado de liderazgo son sus prioridades y su pasión. Se mudó a Estados Unidos cuando tenía cinco años y recuerda haberles traducido a su madre, de México, y a su padre, de Colombia, mientras aprendía inglés como segundo idioma. Gracias a sus experiencias positivas con los maestros de las escuelas de Dallas ISD y a su participación en el consejo de la League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) de Skyline High…

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En este Mes de la Concientización de la Sordera, celebramos el Programa Escolar Regional para Estudiantes Sordos (RDSPD) de Dallas ISD, el cual se basa en crear vínculos y oportunidades. Los estudiantes y graduados que el equipo de Servicios para Estudiantes Sordos o con Pérdida Auditiva ha apoyado están en todos los campos e industrias, prosperando como carpinteros, artistas culinarios, porristas, futbolistas, enfermeros, albañiles y mucho más. “Queremos que nuestros estudiantes sepan que pueden ser lo que quieran ser”, dijo Tina Vaguine, gerente de RDSPD. “Queremos que crean en sí mismos, y que sus familias sepan también que pueden lograr…

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Dallas ISD’s Regional Day School Program for the Deaf is built on a foundation of connections and opportunities. The students and graduates the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services team has supported are in every field and industry, thriving as carpenters, culinary artists, cheerleaders, soccer players, nurses, construction workers, and more. September is Deaf Awareness Month. “We want our students to know they can become anything they want to be,” said Tina Vaguine, manager for the RDSPD. “We want them to believe in themselves, and we want them and their families to know that they can do anything.” Deaf and…

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For Esmeralda Martinez, a Spanish and leadership teacher at Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, paving the way for student success and contributing to a legacy of leadership are her priorities and her passion. She moved to the United States when she was 5 years old and recalls translating for her mother from Mexico and her father from Colombia as she grew up learning English as a second language. Combined with her positive experiences with teachers in her Dallas ISD schools and her involvement in Skyline High School’s League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) council, Martinez realized she…

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Desde que era estudiante y pasaba por el programa de educación para estudiantes sordos en W. W. Samuell High School, Bobby White ha sabido que quería regresar a Dallas ISD como maestro para brindar servicios de alta calidad para estudiantes sordos o con pérdida auditiva. Ahora, después de 20 años de experiencia como maestro y 10 años trabajando en el distrito, White quiere hacer conciencia sobre la importancia de la lengua de señas y otros recursos en honor al Día Internacional de las Lenguas de Señas en septiembre y más allá. Como maestro de educación para estudiantes sordos en Woodrow…

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Since he was a student going through the deaf education program at W.W. Samuell High School, Bobby White has known he wanted to return to Dallas ISD as a teacher to provide high-quality services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Now, with 20 years of teaching experience and 10 years serving the district, White is bringing awareness to the importance of sign language and other resources in honor of the International Day of Sign Languages in September and beyond. As a deaf education teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, White said one of his favorite parts of…

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El 8 de abril de 2024, Dallas se verá sombreada por un eclipse solar total y Mark Broughton, director del Centro de Educación Medioambiental, está preparándose para que sus estudiantes de secundaria aprovechen esta oportunidad única gracias a un subsidio de Innovative Teaching de la Junior League of Dallas. “Es una experiencia que pasará solo una vez en la vida para todos, incluyendo los estudiantes”, dijo Broughton. “Pero se necesitan unos lentes de sol especiales para mirar el sol ese día”. Broughton solicitó subsidios de Innovative Teaching, los cuales se crearon para mejorar la educación en Dallas ISD apoyando programas…

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A total solar eclipse will be visible in Dallas on April 8, 2024, and Mark Broughton, director of the Environmental Education Center, is already preparing to help middle school students take advantage of the rare opportunity thanks to a Junior League of Dallas Grant for Innovative Teaching. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience for everybody, including the students,” Broughton said. “But you have to wear solar viewing glasses of some sort to look at the sun that day.” Broughton applied for the Grants for Innovative Teaching—which are designed to help improve education in Dallas ISD with support for unique programs outside school…

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Si bien el distrito busca crear nuevas oportunidades en los salones de clase, existe un departamento que está creándolas con el fin de que los estudiantes crezcan, exploren sus intereses y desarrollen habilidades útiles para la vida fuera del aula. Al brindar a los estudiantes la oportunidad de participar en actividades extracurriculares, el Departamento de Actividades Estudiantiles mejora su experiencia educativa general en Dallas ISD. El director de Actividades Estudiantiles, Leonidas Patterson, considera que el tema del año de su departamento, “No te rindas”, transmite su enfoque único en una prioridad del distrito: que todos los estudiantes tengan la oportunidad…

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As the district moves to the beat of opportunity in classrooms throughout the district, one department is creating opportunities for students to grow, explore their interests and develop life skills outside the classroom. By providing students the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities, Student Activities is improving the overall educational experience of Dallas ISD students. Director of Student Activities Leonidas Patterson believes the department’s theme for this year—Stay the course—communicates its singular focus on the district’s priority of making sure that all students have the opportunity to get involved in at least one extracurricular or co-curricular activity each year. “I…

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